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Shadow Cabinet minister Jonathan Ashworth has ridiculed the Tory splits on the EU referendum as an “Eton mess” and made an impassioned case for the bloc based on protecting jobs, employment rights and equality. Ashworth poured scorn on the…
Labour will lose seats in Wales this May. Even a very good night for the party will see us move backwards. This is by no means a disaster. The 2011 Assembly elections were a high point for Labour, winning enough seats to be able to govern…
Labour’s National Executive Committee is reviewing how we can improve campaigning, communications and engagement through digital technology and party reform. Party reform covers a number of important areas including reforming local and…
The Labour Party has an England problem. You don’t have to speak to many people in my constituency of Stoke-on-Trent, and areas like it, to be told that Labour doesn’t stand up for England or the English. And it’s a problem that we cannot…
It is no longer possible for Labour to fudge the distinction between British and English and avoid asking who we are. To win back power Labour needs to win a majority in England; a nation where more and more people choose to call themselves…
Labour will need to win a majority in England with a larger swing than it won in 1997 to return to power, according to new research published on LabourList. The unlikeliness of unseating the SNP in Scotland the reduction of the number of…
Thank you for that kind introduction and welcome. It’s great to be back in the south west - the region where I was born. I want to congratulate our new MPs in this region: Thangam Debbonaire for Bristol West.... and Karin Smyth in Bristol…
Keynote Speech by Richard Howitt MEP, Labour Member of the European Parliament for the East of England and Chair of the European Parliamentary Labour Party, to the Labour East Regional Conference, Stevenage, 14 November 2015. Last night, as…
It has been an extraordinary time for the Labour Party. After a second shattering electoral defeat Labour’s world has been turned upside down by the election of Jeremy Corbyn. The atmosphere has been one of confusion, exhilaration and fear…
It is little more than a month since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader. The summer of hope is over, the enthusiasm of tens of thousands has been banked for a new, more honest kind of politics. Straight talking is promised. That’s good…
